Sunday, December 23, 2012

Several hundreds of students of the pre-army Mechinot institutions participated at a speical elections program that was held at the Begin Center this Sunday.

Among the candidates who came to explain and discuss and debate issues included Naftali Bennet, a Major in the reserves and a commander of a Sayeret Matkal team, who has been in the news in connections with remarks he made on the subject of refusing to serve as a reaction to political developments:

Several hundreds of students of the pre-army Mechinot institutions participated at a speical elections program that was held at the Begin Center this Sunday.

Among the candidates who came to explain and discuss and debate issues included Naftali Bennet, a Major in the reserves and a commander of a Sayeret Matkal team, who has been in the news in connections with remarks he made on the subject of refusing to serve as a reaction to political developments:

About Me

American born, my wife and I moved to Israel in 1970. We have lived at Shiloh together with our family since 1981. I was in the Betar youth movement in the US and UK. I have worked as a political aide to Members of Knesset and a Minister during 1981-1994, lectured at the Academy for National Studies 1977-1994, was director of Israel's Media Watch 1995-2000 and currently, I work at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. I was a guest media columnist on media affairs for The Jerusalem Post, op-ed contributor to various journals and for six years had a weekly media show on Arutz 7 radio. I serve as an unofficial spokesperson for the Jewish Communities in Judea & Samaria.